3 papers
cond-mat.soft2024
Wetting on Silicone Surfaces
Lukas Hauer, Abhinav Naga, Rodrique G. M. Badr +3
Silicone is frequently used as a model system to investigate and tune wetting on soft materials. Silicone is biocompatible and shows excellent thermal, chemical, and UV stability.…
cond-mat.soft2020
Capillary-driven indentation of a microparticle into a soft, oil-coated substrate
Justin D. Glover, Jonathan T. Pham
Small scale contact between a soft, liquid-coated layer and a stiff surface is common in many situations, from synovial fluid on articular cartilage to adhesives in humid environme…
physics.flu-dyn2019
Lifting a sessile oil drop from a superamphiphobic surface with an impacting one
Olinka Ramírez-Soto, Vatsal Sanjay, Detlef Lohse +2
Colliding drops are widely encountered in everyday technologies and natural processes, from combustion engines and commodity sprays to raindrops and cloud formation. The outcome of…